...yet again, consumers are being asked to spend more to purchase
something on their phone than they would if they bought it anywhere
else. In this case [Napster] and AT&T are charging $7.49 for 5 songs:
That's a 50% markup over what it would cost to buy the songs via
iTunes...

Carriers and labels will argue that it costs more to transmit songs
over the air to your phone, but that's their problem, not yours. Since
2003, when Steve Jobs introduced the iTunes store, the maximum price
for a tune has been a buck a song, and given the ease with which most
songs can be procured for free, the music industry should be happy to
get that.

Note, by the way, that last spring Sprint finally cut the price for
its over the air downloads from $2.49 to 99 cents after watching
consumers ignore their service for two years. And note that Apple's
iPhone, for now, isn't even bothering to try to sell consumers music
over the air...